Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Livorno (LIBURNENSIS.) Suffragan of Pisa. Leghorn (Italian Livorno), in Tuscany, is the capital of the smallest of the provinces of Italy. The city is situated on marshy ground, and is in consequence intersected by many canals, hence it has been called “Little Venice”. A larger canal puts it in communication with Pisa. It has two … Continue reading “Livorno”

Livonian Version Of The Scriptures See Lettish in the art. SLAVONIC VERSIONS. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Livonia the largest of the Baltic provinces of Russia; area 18,158 sq. m.; pop. in 1882,1,173,951. The Germans, who chiefly live in the towns, number about 64,000 inhabitants; the remainder are mostly either Letts (a branch of the Slavi. kindred to the Lithuanians) or Esthonians, who are of Finnish descent. Christianity was first introduced at … Continue reading “Livonia”

Livinus, Saint called the apostle of Brabant, was born in Ireland, it is said of noble parents, and received his education there. He was bishop of Dublin in 656. Being actuated by religious zeal, he intrusted his diocese in Ireland to the management of its archdeacon, and went to Ghent with three of his disciples, … Continue reading “Livinus, Saint”

Livington, James a Scotch prelate, was first rector of Forteviot and Weems, then dean of Dunkeld, and afterwards, in 1476, bishop of Dunkeld. He was constituted lord chancellor, February 18, 1483, and died at Edinburgh in the same year. See Keith, Scottish Bishops, page 90. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Livingstone, David, LL.D etc., an eminent African traveller and missionary, was born March 19, 1813, at Blantyre, in Lanarkshire, Scotland. At the age of ten he became a “piecer” in a cotton factory, and for many years was engaged in hard work as an operative. An evening-school furnished him with the opportunity of acquiring some … Continue reading “Livingstone, David, LL.D”

Livingston, John Henry D.D., S.T.P., the “father of the Reformed Dutch Church in this country,” and in many respects its most celebrated representative, was born at Poughkeepsie, N.Y., May 30, 1746, son of Henry Livingston, and a lineal descendant in the fourth generation from the Reverend John Livingston, of Scotland. He graduated at Yale College … Continue reading “Livingston, John Henry”

Livingston, John a noted Scottish Presbyterian divine, was born in 1603, and was educated at Glasgow, where he took the degree of A.M. in 1621. He entered the ministry, and soon distinguished himself as an able preacher. A zealous Covenanter, he opposed the episcopal government of the Church after the Restoration, and on this account … Continue reading “Livingston, John”

Livingston, Henry Gilbert son of the preceding, was born at Coxsackie, N.Y., February 3, 1821, graduated at Williams College in 1840, was principal of Clinton Academy (now Hamilton College) for two years, studied theology in Union Theological Seminary, N.Y., where he graduated in 1844, and was licensed to preach by the Presbytery of Long Island … Continue reading “Livingston, Henry Gilbert”

Livingston, Gilbert Robert D.D., a (Dutch) Reformed minister, a descendant of the celebrated Rev. John Livingston (q.v.), was born at Stamford, Connecticut, October 8, 1786, and graduated at Union College in 1805. He studied theology under Reverend Dr. Perkins, of Great Hartford, Connecticut, and Reverend Dr. John Henry Livingston (q.v.). In 1811 he became pastor … Continue reading “Livingston, Gilbert Robert”